Iron County register., 1887-12-08
The TARIFF.

Outline of Representative Mills Proposed
Tariff Measure. Now Ready for Present.
alton to the Fiftieth Congress-The Bill
in the Hands of Treasury Experts for Re-
vision. s
CHICAGO, Dec. IA special to the Neaos
from Washington says: Representative
Mills, Of Texas, who will be chairman of
the committee on ways and means, has
prepared tariff bill. 1t is complete re-
vision Of the present rates and re-
arrangement of present schedules. His
bill Is divided into six schedules.
Schedule A embraces the present liquor
schedule, and that is inserted without any
change whatever, except that alcoholic
preparations are taken from the chemical
schedule and added to schedule A.
Schedule B imposes a uniform rate Of
forty per cent. ad valorem upon all the
articles therein enumerated. In these are
included jewelry, precious stones, includ-
ing diamonds, all manufactures OF sugar,
molasses, confectionery and all other
articles included in the present sugar
schedule. Cigars, cigarettes of all kinds,
leaf tobacco and all other tobacco, manu-
factured and manufactured, gloves of
kid and leather of every description.
The articles enumerated in schedule G
are to pay a uniform rate of thirty per
cent ad valorem. This schedule includes
chemicals and proprietary medicines,
manufactures of copper, brass, iron and
steel, cutlery of all kinds, muskets, rifles
and all firearms, manufactures of leather,
manufactures of wool, woolen cloths, in
Guiding blankets, knit goods and ready
made clothing, and wearing apparel of
every description, carpets of all kinds,
manufactures of cotton, china, porcelain,
earthen, stone and brown ware, not other
wise provided for, fax, hemp. jute and
their manufactures, glass bottles and other
manufactures of glass, including window
glass.
Articles enumerated in sched ule D pay
uniform duty of twenty per cent. ad valo-
rem. In this schedule are included books
and pamphlets, engravings, clocks and
watches, common stone and brown earth
enware fish salted and fresh, straw bon
nets hats and hoods, braids, lace trim.
mings for making or Ornamentlng straw
ha is, ETC., India rubber, gutta percha and
their manufactures, calf skins and moroc-
CO skins, dressed and undressed, of all de-
scriptions.
The articles enumerated in schedule e
are to pay uniform rate of ten per cent.
ad vaorem. In this are included wheat
and wheat flour, Indian corn and meal,
oats and oatmeal, beef, pork, and other
provisions, MANILA and Other like SUBJ
stances for hemp manufacture and manu-
factures of paper.
Schedule T is the free list. The present
free list is transferred to this schedule and
a large number cf art cles upon the duty
list are transferred to it, the greater num-
ber beng chemicals. Among the
other articles made free that now
pay duty are salt, copper in plates,
ingots, sheets, pigs and other forms,
anthracite and bituminous coal, iron ore,
lead ore, hair of the Alpaca goat and
other like animals, all kinds of wool, in
Guiding rags, shoddy, waste and flax.
Timber, hewn, sawed, squared and side
sawed, planks, slaves of wood, pickets
poles, laths, shingles, clap-boards and
other forms of unmanufacsured wood,
empty casks and barrels. There is a
''basket" clause appended which provides
that all articles not enumerated in the
bill shall pay a uniform duty of 30 per
cent. ad valorem. The enacting clauses
provide that it shall take effect on and
after July first next. The bill is now in
the hands of treasury experts, who are
preparing a tabulated statement showing
the rates now imposed and those proposed
by the bill. IT, ,z2s.st